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To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.

V;.,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
M_. ___________ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on
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A BILL

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tires of the United States of America in Congress assembled
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the “
Act
5 of 2017”.

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TITLE I—ENERGY AND
COMMERCE

3 SEC. 101. THE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND.
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(a) I n General.—Subsection (b) of section 4002 of
5 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42
6 U.S.C. 300u-ll), as amended by section 5009 of the 21st
7 Century Cures Act, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2), by adding “and” at the
end;
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(2) in paragraph (3)—
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(A) by striking “each of fiscal years 2018
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and 2019” and inserting “fiscal year 2018”;
and
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(B) by striking the semicolon at the end
and inserting a period; and
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(3) by striking paragraphs (4) through (8).
(b) Rescission of Unobligated F unds.—Of the
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18 funds made available by such section 4002, the unobli­
19 gated balance at the end of fiscal year 2018 is rescinded.
20 SEC. 102. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM.
Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and
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22 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b~2(b)(l)) is amend­
23 ed—{Note: Hyde language to be induded.Ti
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking “and” at
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the end; and
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The Social Security Act is amended—
(1) in section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 1396a)—
(A) in subsection (a)(47)(B), by inserting
“and provided that any such election shall cease
to be effective on January 1, 2020, and no such
election shall be made after that date” before
the semicolon at the end; and
(B) in subsection (1)(2)(C), by inserting
“and ending December 31, 2019,” after “January 1, 2014,”;
(2) in section 1915(k)(2) (42 U.S.C.
1396n(k)(2)), by striking “during the period described in paragraph (1)” and inserting “on or after
the date referred to in paragraph (1) and before
January 1, 2020”; and
(3) in section 1920(e) (42 U.S.C. 1396r-l(e)),
by striking “under clause (i)(VHI), clause (i)(IX), or
clause (ii)(XX) of subsection (a)(10)(A)” and inserting “under clause (i)(VIII) or clause (ii)(XX) of sec-

(a) I n General.—Section 1902(a) (10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)(VIII), by inserting “at the option of a State/’ after “January 1, 2014/’; and
(2) in clause (ii)(XX), by inserting “and ending
December 31, 2019,” after “2014,”.
(b) Termination of EFMAP for New ACA ExPANSION E nrollees .— Section 1905 of the Social SecurityAct (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (y)(l), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking “with respect to” and
all that follows through “shall be” and inserting
“with respect to amounts expended before January
1, 2020, by such State for medical assistance for
newly eligible individuals described in subclause
(VIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A) (i) who are enrolled
under the State plan (or a waiver of the plan) before
such date and with respect to amounts expended
after such date by such State for medical assistance
for individuals described in such subclause who were
enrolled under such plan (or waiver of such plan) as

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of December 31, 2019, and who do not have a break
in eligibility for medical assistance under such State
plan (or waiver) for more than one month after such
date, shall be”; and
(2) in subsection (z)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
“medical assistance for individuals” and all that
follows through “shall be” and inserting
“amounts expended before January 1, 2020, by
such State for medical assistance for individuals
described in section 1902(a) (10) (A) (i) (VIII)
who are nonpregnant childless adults with re­
spect to whom the State may require enrollment
in benchmark coverage under section 1937 and
who are enrolled under the State plan (or a
waiver of the plan) before such date and with
respect to amounts expended after such date by
such State for medical assistance for individuals
described in such section, who are nonpregnant
childless adults with respect to whom the State
may require enrollment in benchmark coverage
under section 1937, who were enrolled under
such plan (or waiver of such plan) as of Decem­
ber 31, 2019, and who do not have a break in
eligibility for medical assistance under such

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State plan (or waiver) for more than one month
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after such date, shall be” ; and
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
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(i) in subclause (III), by adding
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“and” at the end; and
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(ii) by striking subclauses (IV), (V),
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and (VI) and inserting the following new
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subclause:
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“(IV) 2017 and each subsequent year is 80
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percent.”.
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(c) Sunset op E ssential H ealth B enefits R e 12 quirement.—Section 1937(b)(5) of the Social Security
13 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-7(b)(5)) is amended by adding at
14 the end the following: “This paragraph shall not apply
15 after December 31, 2019.”.
16 SEC. 105. REPEAL OF DSH ALLOTMENT REDUCTIONS.

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FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
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(a) I n General .—Title XIX of the Social Security
4 Act is amended—
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(1) in section 1903 (42 TJ.S.C. 1396b)—
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(A) in subsection (a), in the matter before
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paragraph (1), by inserting “and section
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1903A(a)” after “except as otherwise provided
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in this section”; and
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(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “to
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which” and inserting “to which, subject to sec12
tion 1903A(a),”; and
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(2) by inserting after such section 1903 the fol14
lowing new section:
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MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

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“(a) Application of P er Capita Cap on P ay18 MENTS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES.—
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“(1) I n general.—If a State has excess ag20
gregate medical assistance expenditures (as defined
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in paragraph (2)) for a fiscal year (beginning with
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fiscal year 2020), the amount of payment to the
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State under section 1903(a)(1) for each quarter in
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the following fiscal year shall be reduced by lA of
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the excess aggregate medical assistance payments
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(as defined in paragraph (3)) for that previous fiscal
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year* In this section, the term ‘State’ means only the
50 States and the District of Columbia.
“(2) E xcess aggregate medical assistance
expenditures .—In this subsection, the term ‘ex­
cess aggregate medical assistance expenditures’
means, for a State for a fiscal year, the amount (if
any) by which—
“(A) the amount of the adjusted total med­
ical assistance expenditures (as defined in sub­
section (b)(1)) for the State and fiscal year; ex­
ceeds
“(B) the amount of the target total med­
ical assistance expenditures (as defined in sub­
section (c)) for the State and fiscal year.
“(3) E xcess aggregate medical assistance
payments.—In this subsection, the term ‘excess ag­
gregate medical assistance payments’ means, for a
State for a fiscal year, the product of—
“(A) the excess aggregate medical assist­
ance expenditures (as defined in paragraph (2))
for the State for the fiscal year; and
“(B) the Federal average medical assist­
ance matching percentage (as defined in para­
graph (4)) for the State for the fiscal year.

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“(4) F ederal average medical assistance
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MATCHING percentage .— Iii this subsection, the
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term £Fecleral average medical assistance matching
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percentage’ means, for a State for a fiscal year, the
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ratio (expressed as a percentage) of—
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“(A) the amount of the Federal payments
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that would be made to the State under section
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1903(a)(1) for medical assistance expenditures
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for calendar quarters in the fiscal year if para10
graph (1) did not apply; to
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“(B) the amount of the medical assistance
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expenditures for the State and fiscal year.
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“(b) Adjusted T otal Medical Assistance E x 14 penditures .—Subject to subsection (g), the following
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“(1) I n general.—In this section, the term
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Adjusted total medical assistance expenditures’
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means, for a State—
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“(A) for fiscal year 2016, the product of—
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“(i) the amount of the medical assist21
ance expenditures (as defined in paragraph
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(2)) for the State and fiscal year, reduced
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by the amount of any excluded expendi24
tures (as defined in paragraph (3)) for the

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